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The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender

Before Islam:  Mesopotamia

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Female Worshipper

Female Worshipper

Found in a temple at Khafajah, this standing female figure is depicted wearing a tasseled shawl and a turban made of finely woven cloth. Her hair seems to protrude from beneath the turban at the ears and across the forehead.

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